Skip to main content

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1715 - 1774

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George Croghan letters

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-195
Abstract A collection of four letters and one order primarily from Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania relating to Croghan's official duties between 1763 and 1770. In the first letter dated Mar. 1763 Croghan reports to Sir William Johnson that a draft (unidentified) was completed by his assistant Thomas Hutchins, future geographer of the U.S. In the second letter (copy) dated June 1766 to Gen. Gage, Croghan urges him to encourage the colonial governors to maintain peace with the Indians and mentions his plans...
Dates: 1763-1770

Henry Van Schaack papers

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT oversize-Ayer-MS-3193
Abstract American loyalist.,Colonial Kinderhook and Albany, N.Y., resident. Mainly correspondence, with a few receipts, appointments, petitions, and other documents, dating primarily from 1756-1809, regarding Henry Van Schaack's Indian trade operations, Seven Years' War service, colonial political activities and opinions, Revolutionary War banishment, concern with post-war loyalist emigration, connection with Shay's Rebellion, advocacy of the U.S. Constitution, anti-church tax campaign, and party...
Dates: 1734-1896; Majority of material found within 1756 - 1809

Sir William Johnson letters

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-456
Abstract

Miscellaneous collection of twelve letters written by Sir William Johnson, military commander during the French and Indian War and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, who played a significant role in the colonial history of New York. Correspondence relates to the French and Indian War, Indian treaties and conferences, the Conestoga Massacre (1763), land patents, and the appointment of Johnson's successor.

Dates: 1755-1773

Additional filters:

Subject
Fort Stanwix (Rome, N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 2
Indians of North America -- Government relations -- To 1789 -- Sources 2
Land companies -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 2
Albany (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
American loyalists -- History -- Sources 1
∨ more
Church and state -- Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763 -- History -- Sources 1
Constitutional conventions -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Correspondence -- New York (State) -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- Northeastern States -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- Pennsylvania -- 1751-1800 1
Fort Edward (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Fort Pitt (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Indian agents -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence 1
Indian land transfers -- New York (State) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Indian traders -- Northeastern States -- Correspondence 1
Indian traders -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Indian traders -- Pennsylvania -- Correspondence 1
Indians of North America -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Northeastern States -- Treaties -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Treaties -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Iroquois Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Manuscripts, American -- New York (State) 1
Manuscripts, American -- Northeastern States 1
Massachusetts -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Sources 1
Massachusetts -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Merchants -- New York (State) -- Albany -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
New York (State) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
New York (State) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763 -- Sources 1
New York (State) -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources 1
Political parties -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Shawnee Indians -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1
Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787 -- Sources 1
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Sources 1
+ ∧ less